Deborah Roberts took to social media to bid farewell to the ABC Information constructing after almost three a long time since she joined the 20/20 information workforce.
ABC Information is transferring from its Higher West Aspect headquarters in New York Metropolis to Hudson Sq. in downtown, the place The View moved final fall.
“Friday end. Practically 3 a long time after I first set foot within the ABC information headquarters as a brand new correspondent, the youngest to hitch the 20/20 workforce, we’re formally saying goodbye to the constructing,” Roberts mentioned in a touching Instagram submit. “The place the place community TV legends walked the halls and delivered the information. I used to be thrilled and a bit nervous to hitch Barbara, Hugh, Peter, Carole, Joan, Charlie and a cadre of inimitable correspondents. What a second.”
She continued, “Now, a vivid, shiny house awaits us downtown to proceed the good work all of us love so passionately. Change and goodbyes are at all times laborious for me. I’m comforted by routine and the acquainted. However change is the one true certainty of life, proper? So right here we go… making new recollections @abcnews.”
Roberts additionally posted a video of her leaving the workplace she had occupied, taking a glimpse earlier than turning off the lights and shutting the door one final time.
Within the video, she is heard saying, “That’s it. Finish of an period. Transferring alongside.”
The journalist was formally named 20/20 anchor in 2023 alongside David Muir after Amy Robach’s exit.
Roberts has been reporting for 20/20 since 1995, when her mentor Barbara Walters recruited her to hitch the community. She has reported throughout community information exhibits, been a substitute anchor on Good Morning America, and visitor co-hosted The View.
